Updates Archives
Monthly updates for June 2020
Azure Automation is now available in the USGov Arizona region
Azure Automation is now available in the USGov Arizona region.
Announcing extended term reservation for the Azure HBv2 Virtual Machine
High-performance computing (HPC) organizations typically calculate cost projections five-to-six years for the typical lifespan of an on-premises HPC cluster.
An update to Python SDK v2 for Azure IoT has been released
A new release of the Python SDK v2 for Azure IoT is now available. This update fixes issues with reconnection logic.
Azure geo-zone-redundant storage is now generally available
Target availability: Q2 2020
Geo-zone-redundant storage (GZRS) and read-access geo-zone-redundant storage (RA-GZRS) are now generally available, offering intra-regional and inter-regional high availability and disaster protection for your applications.
Azure Storage account failover is now generally available
Customer-initiated Storage account failover is now generally available, allowing you to determine when to initiate a failover instead of waiting for Microsoft to do so.
Azure Private Link for Azure Batch is now generally available in select regions
Azure Private Link for Azure Batch is now generally available in the West US 2, East US, South Central US, US Gov Virginia, and US Gov Arizona regions
HBv2-Series VMs now available in Japan East
HBv2-series VMs for HPC now available in the Japan East region.
Web Application Firewall for Azure Front Door service logging enhancements
Azure Web Application Firewall for Azure Front Door now has a match details field in the logs to provide insights on why a request triggered a Web Application Firewall rule.
System topics are now an Azure resource
Explicitly create system topics using Azure Event Grid.
Private AKS clusters are now generally available in Azure Government
Azure Government customers can now use private AKS clusters for additional security.
Azure Migrate—Assessment of imported servers is now generally available
Assessment of imported servers in Azure Migrate is now generally available.
Azure Sphere OS update 20.06 is now available for compatibility testing
The Azure Sphere OS quality update 20.06 is now available for evaluation via the retail evaluation feed. The release includes an OS update and an updated Linux SDK.
Azure IoT Central jobs and metrics feature updates—May 2020
May 2020 jobs and metrics feature updates for Azure IoT Central are now available.
Budgets in Cost Management now accounts threshold edits and alert limits above 100%
Budget evaluations in Azure Cost Management now re-fire alerts for the same period after you edit a budget. Additionally, now Budgets will also allow you to set a threshold above 100%
Azure Sphere update 20.05 is now available for compatibility testing
Azure Sphere update 20.05 is now available for evaluation via the retail evaluation feed. The retail evaluation period provides 14 days for backwards compatibility testing.
Azure API Management updates—June 2020
A regular Azure API Management service update was started on June 10, 2020, and included new features, bug fixes, and changes, along with other improvements.
Azure App Service hybrid connections for Linux apps is now available
The hybrid connections feature of Azure App Service, which enables access to resources in disparate networks, is now available in public regions.
Azure App Service regional virtual network integration for Linux apps is now available
The regional virtual network integration feature of Azure App Service, which enables access to resources in your virtual network across service endpoints or ExpressRoute connections, is now available in public regions
Azure SQL Database serverless compute auto-scaling limits increase more than twofold
The maximum vCore limit for Azure SQL Database serverless has increased over twofold to 40 vCores. The higher limits provide greater compute auto-scaling headroom for serverless databases with more demanding workloads.
Azure Cosmos DB Java SDK 4.0 for Core (SQL) API release now in general availability
Azure Cosmos DB Java SDK for Core (SQL) API enables interaction with Azure Cosmos DB from Java applications. This latest SDK version 4.0 allows sending requests to Azure Cosmos DB via the recommended Core (SQL) API.
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